Alternatives to animal testing in the safety evaluation of products

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-22

  Knight, Derek J ^a   Breheny, Damien ^a  

^a Safepharm Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical safety assessment; In vitro testing; Structural prediction of properties

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; BIOCIDE; COSMETIC; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DRUG; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; EUROPE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAFETY; SKIN TEST; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TOXICOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036180591     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290203000103     Document Type: Article

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